Front-End Loader Safety Standard has been revised by ASABE.
Press Release Summary:
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) completed its revision to front-end loader safety standard ANSI/ASAE S355.4, Safety Practices for Agricultural Front-End Loaders. Specifically, revisions clarify normal operation and travel of loader, loader arm position during transport, and travel locks. References for document were also revised.
Original Press Release:
ASABE Revises Safety Standard for Front-End Loaders
ST JOSEPH, MICHIGAN-The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has completed a revision to the front-end loader safety standard.
The revised standard, ANSI/ASAE S355.4, Safety Practices for Agricultural Front-End Loaders, was revised to clarify normal operation and travel of the loader, loader arm position during transport, and travel locks. References for the document were also revised.
A copy of the document can be ordered by contacting ASABE headquarters directly at: martin@asabe.org. ASABE members and those with site-license privileges to the ASABE online Technical Library, at www.asabe.org , can view an electronic copy of the standard in about 6 weeks.
ASABE is recognized worldwide as a standards developing organization for food, agricultural, and biological systems, with more than 225 standards currently in publication. Conformance to ASABE standards is voluntary, except where required by state, provincial, or other governmental requirements, and the documents are developed by consensus in accordance with procedures approved by the American National Standards Institute. For information on this or any other ASABE standard, contact Scott Cedarquist at ASABE, 269-932-7031, cedarq@asabe.org. A current listing of all ASABE standards projects can be found on the ASABE web site at asabe.org/standards/proposed.html .
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers is an international scientific and educational organization dedicated to the advancement of engineering applicable to agricultural, food, and biological systems. Its 9,000 members, from more then 100 countries, are consultants, managers, researchers, and others who have the training and experience to understand the interrelationships between technology and living systems. Further information on the Society can be obtained by contacting ASABE at (269) 429-0300 (phone) or (269) 429-3852 (fax); hq@asabe.org. Details can also be found at www.asabe.org/.
